Chapter 22 - His sentence

The judge considered:
Planning.
Pregnant victim.
Children present.
Financial motive.
Attempt to manufacture evidence.
His refusal to intervene.
False initial statement.
No prior criminal record.
Acceptance of responsibility through plea.
Sentence:
Four years.
Eighteen months suspended.
Thirty months to serve.
Supervision afterward.
Financial penalties.
No direct contact with me except through court-approved family processes.
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Contact with the children became a separate family-court issue.
Not decided automatically by the criminal judge.